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“It’s a critical time for culture journalism,” writes music critic Andre Gee.

His essay for Liner Notes: A Critic’s Handbook analyzes the data in Critical Minded’s 2026 report to extend the strategies and principles needed to sustain the future of music journalism.

Read Liner Notes and the accompanying report, Beautiful Struggles: Pop Music and the Critical Landscape, at criticalminded.org/reports - link in bio.

✍🏾 Written by Andre Gee (@andrejgee)
👩🏽‍💻 Edited by Shamira Ibrahim (@shamirathefirst)
🎨 Design by Arsh Raziuddin (@arshraziuddin)

#criticalminded #linernotes #musicwriting #zine

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There’s plastic in the sausage, and the clams have hepatitis. A greedy power circle runs our food system, and their push for deregulation is calamitous.

🦩 Read more at currentaffairs.org
🎨 Illustration by @jesserubenfeldillustrations

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@andrejgee’s essay from yesterday’s ‘The Culture’ newsletter. We hope you’re subscribed and tapped in 🙌🏿

📸: @bostonglobe, @thehiphoparchive

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Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour shows how wealthy gatekeepers punish artists who speak up for Palestine, while others stay silent to protect their careers.

🦩 Read more at currentaffairs.org

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🚨🚨🚨Trigger warning: long ass caption 😅

At the beginning of the year, I had made a personal resolution to build a life that allows me to tell the stories that matter to me. So when @criticalminded_community approached me with an opportunity to work on the Liner Notes project, I jumped at the idea.

The value seemed obvious: if critics of color feel like they cannot get paid a competitive rate to talk about topics that matter to them, we should offer a chance to do just that. And so we immediately got to work, reaching out to a vast collective of writers and thinkers across generations and experiences to talk about the nuanced and sticky parts of music journalism that rarely make it on the page, and the realities of what it means to love an industry that is slowly crushing the life out of you. In a pleasant surprise, almost everyone we reached out to was eager to be involved. I truly believe that what we developed is an essential artifact that not only examines the reality of music media at present, but looks back at the lessons of the past as we work to create a more sustainable future for arts writing.

None of this was done alone: the project itself wouldn’t have had anywhere to go without the work of Sharon Mizota, @soulsides , and @nonstopdiscopowerpack , whose work on the truly breakthrough research report, “Beautiful Struggles,” serves as an anchor that threads through most of the conversations. Creative director, illustrator, and all-around superstar @arshraziuddin immediately saw the vision and helped develop a beautiful visual language to bring all of this labor to life. The inimitable @atoosamoinzadeh ’s rigorous commitment to copy edit and fact checking made sure that we published the very best versions of our stories.

Then there’s the writing. I am immensely critical of my own work, but I will never hesitate to sing praises on my peers and colleagues. To @clovito @_slangdoctor @ivie.ani @andrejgee @sid_madden @honeyshot @eenaffets @timmhotep - thank you thank you thank you!

Much more to come, but thank you to everyone involved in bringing this to life. We are only just getting started ✨

Link in bio. Please read, support, and share. 💕

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Mike Shabb « Sewaside IV » lyrics now available on @genius — swipe for some knowledge!

Sorti le 21 août 2026, Sewaside IV est l’album le plus complet de Mike Shabb à ce jour, mais aussi celui qui représente son identité dans sa forme la plus entière. Il s’inscrit parfaitement dans la lignée de la série Sewaside, profondément ancré dans tout ce qui a toujours construit son univers, tout en montrant jusqu’où il est aujourd’hui capable de le pousser. À travers 21 titres, Shabb réunit toutes ses facettes de rappeur, compositeur et producteur sans sacrifier la moindre partie de lui-même.
C’est également son album le plus vulnérable, faisant énormément écho à l’honnêteté émotionnelle déjà présente dans Shabbvangogh. Mike Shabb n’a jamais peur de se révéler dans son entièreté à travers sa musique, même lorsque cela implique de retourner vers les parties les plus douloureuses de son histoire. Dans Sewaside IV, la mort de son père n’est pas un détail laissé en arrière-plan. Son père est omniprésent tout au long du projet. Il en est le socle émotionnel, l’absence centrale et, à bien des égards, le thème principal.

« Cette cover fait froid dans le dos. Maintenant, tout le monde va savoir comment ton père est mort ! »
Mike a répondu sans la moindre hésitation, d’un ton assuré : « Parfait. C’est le but. »
Cette réponse montre à quel point Shabb souhaite rendre hommage à son père. Il refuse de cacher la tragédie ou de la dissocier de l’homme qu’il était. Au contraire, il porte son histoire ouvertement et ne cesse de remettre son père en avant, dans la lumière, afin que sa mémoire continue de vivre à travers sa musique.

Réalisée par Petitpetitbum, la cover est une référence directe à Black Bastards de KMD, l’un des albums préférés de Mike Shabb. Il ne s’agit pas simplement d’un clin d’œil visuel destiné aux connaisseurs de l’histoire du hip-hop. L’illustration originale représentait la pendaison d’une caricature raciste et avait été pensée comme une « pendaison des stéréotypes ». Jugée trop controversée, elle avait notamment poussé Elektra Records à mettre l’album de côté dans les années 1990.

En retravaillant cette image à travers une histoire aussi intime que la mort de

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The Yadda Yadda crew finally reunited!! After a month and a half off while Joe got situated in New York, the crew is back for episode 174.

Catching up a bit since it’s the first pod back, the crew discusses Joe’s NYC experience so far since moving🎙️

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Critical Minded Portrait Series are a collaboration with Paper Monday Studio (@rogxbee) and the powerful voices in our community network.

These critics provide essential cultural labor, and intellectual scaffolding for the public to navigate art, music, theatre and hip hop. Each is multifaceted in their approach and understanding of criticism, dancing between modes of critical thought as they engage dynamic art forms and movements. The title of “critic” may at times fail to express the breadth of their work, but we make do.

Thank you for sharing your brilliance. We are excited to continue amplifying these stories and documenting and preserving contemporary perspectives from critics of color on the craft and economy of criticism for future generations to come.

Hip-hop journalism, theatre criticism, and visual arts writing - what should we focus on next? 🤔

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Many forget that AOC had many DSA and even leftist policies before she was elected. In the end it was all a scam. All a lie. Malcom X talked about this 60 plus years ago and people still haven't learned. There is no victory in electing democrats..
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A media personality stands adjacent to a journalist, but not always parallel. All journalists are not writers and vice versa. While a recording device may be necessary to conduct an interview for public consumption, the quality of that interview rests on the depth of curiosity and research prior to any mic being powered on. A personality’s talent may shine in their ability to converse and ask questions, but taking the clay that is their Q&A and building a new experience or world with their pen is an entirely different skill set. For that very reason, on behalf of Culture Is Currency, I must throw flowers toward every single craftsman (“2 way player”) who contributed beautiful ideas, insight and prose to @thefalloff26 coffee table magazine. The consortium of brilliance has conjured a visceral effect in whomever held the issue in hand for the first time. Get yourz and see what I mean. www.thefalloff.com

#CultureIsCurrency
#Dreamville
#TheFallOffMagazine
#hiphopjournalism

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For the latest edition of his column, The Extra Mile, andre gee explores generational differences in just what constitutes a good live rap performance.

FULL ARTICLE—LINK IN BIO

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Here’s the run of show for this Saturday, hope to see you at @mocada_museum ✌🏿

Slide on through to the end!

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